Port Jervis man arrested; cops say he had heroin, other drugs

Friday

Sep 27, 2013 at 2:00 AM

Heather Yakin

HUGUENOT — Town of Deerpark and Port Jervis police on Tuesday charged William T. Murphy, 28, of Port Jervis, with third- and fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, felonies.Police said they had staked out Murphy at a Deerpark home where he was staying in order to arrest him on a drug-related felony warrant. When they took him into custody, police said, Murphy had more than 30 packets of heroin, prescription medications and Suboxone strips in his possession. He was arraigned and sent to Orange County Jail, where he was being held in lieu of $50,000 bail or $150,000 bond pending a Deerpark Town Court date.